Brooks Judd: First was a joke, then it was farce but finally Trump’s candidacy became tragedy

Winston Churchill said, “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

Had Winnie been at the Republican Convention and talked with the delegates the great Churchill would be amazed and saddened at how his quote had become reality.

When Trump announced he was running for the presidency, Americans thought it was a joke. When he began to open his mouth, Americans thought it was a comedy routine. When Trump unveiled his racism and misogyny during the debates, Americans thought Trump was a dangerous farce. Now that the fractured and shattered GOP has shamefully nominated him, it has become an American tragedy.

I hope that once Trump gets dumped in November the once proud GOP can rid itself of the cancer that has destroyed the Republican Party. The GOP jettison the tea partiers, birthers, racists and homophobes and start putting Humpty Dumpty back together again. The party that Lincoln deserves better than the garbage presented to the American people at the Republican National Convention. I suggest they try to hate less and maybe reread the Bill of Rights. Then maybe they can start practicing the Golden Rule.

This story was originally published August 3, 2016 at 5:49 PM with the headline "Brooks Judd: First was a joke, then it was farce but finally Trump’s candidacy became tragedy."